hand cut metal cinema marquee letters a large antique african efik

a large antique african efik hand embossed brass charger

The mosaics were keenly bought by passing sailors to take home to a loved one as a gift or token of his esteem

the "contour" road book of England

picture size h230mm x w 210mm

pierhead artist or painter is the term usually given to a self taught artist who specialised in painting ship portraits for the men and women who sailed them

hand cut metal cinema marquee letters a large antique african efiklarge l and m hand cut metal cinema marquee letters letter height 325 mm a large l and m made of metal and dating from the mid 1930's to the mid 1940's. the letters would have originally been part of an alphabet placed on the marquee of a London west end cinema to spell out the name of the production on show at the time.